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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re the review committee — there were a lot of participants. Dozens attended the presentations from the 3 final vendors.

I spent a lot of time looking at my assigned curricula and considered how they would serve students and teachers. It is pretty disappointing that I know our work was in vain not from the central office staff who led the process, but rather from DCUM. It fees pretty disrespectful — I spent at least 40 hours reviewing the curricula, and I know many others did the same. I would not participate again if asked.

In the end, I thought one of the three finalists was outstanding, and rumors were circulating that MCPS was set to choose it. Then I read here that they were scrapping the entire RFP. I don’t know what happened, but given how high-quality the curriculum was, I am very skeptical that they will get anything better. It was so much better than the other curricula I reviewed. And now we are all stuck with Benchmark for another year.[/quote]

Thank you for your service on the committee. I am heartened that there was a great curriculum in the mix, and I hope they pick it next year.  Investigating this situation and why the curriculum was not updated is an example of a situation in which the new MOCO360 (formerly Bethesda Beat) education reporter Em Epsey could really jump in and prove herself.[/quote]

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